Track construction



W J GOODWIN TRACK' CONSTRUCTION.

FILED JAN. 3Q, 1922.

F Y n N Y Patented Jan. 23, 1923.

- A WILLIAM qonneoonwin, or EAST nonrnronr NEW YORK.`

Tenci; CoNsTnUCT'IoN.

Application flied January 3o, i922. semaine. 532,771,

To all 107mm t may con cern l Be 1t known that I, i/VILLIAM JOHN GoonwiN, a citizen otthe United States, residing at East Northport, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented new and useful` lmprovements in Track Const1uction,`o'l which the following is a speci iication. l

This invention relates to improvements in railroad track construction and has for an object the provision of a track wherein the rail sections are connected without the use et iish plates orbolts andin a manner to securely hold them in place, the construction being' such as to permit ot expansion and contraction without injury to the track.

Another object of the invention is .the provision et a track wherein the objectionf 'able noise due to pounding at the rail joints is eliminated. the wheels of the cars passing y troni one rail section to the other in asinooth and even `manner and without liability of the wheels catching in or between the joints.

'.tixother object ot the invention is the provision ot a track ot the above character, having means" for preventing longitudinal creeping and possible disalignment of `the l'uils. j

Another object ofl the invention is the pro vision ot' a railroad `trark which is simple and durable et construction and which is iol-ined ot rail sections of a novel character trated in the accompanying drawings andl pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the drawings Figure l is a plan view of? a portion of a railroad `track rconstructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure Bis an enlarged top rplan View of the ineetinnlends oft two rail sections, the said endsoeing shown `in separated relation.

F igures 5l and 4 are side views of the rail ends shown in Figure 2. l

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional. view on the line 5--5 ot Figure l,

yliet'erringz in, detail to the drawings, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts7 the-reference character i() indicates generally a railroad track which is made up of rail `sections llniounted on cross ties 12. n

p The rail sections ll are of novel construction, beingl cross sectionally shaped intermediate'their ends to provide a base 13, a head la and a connecting web lvof substantially the same shape as the type of rails now in use. Each end oi the rail sections however is of a different construction. Beginning at a point spaced inwardly Jfrom the end of the rail, the latter has each of its ends beveled,

the bevel of one end being `substantially parallel with the bevel at ythe opposite end. Also, beginning at a point adjacent the inner end of each beveled portions yof the rail, ythe web l5 is thickened as shown at 16,'so as to` be ot substantially the same width asthe width yof the head la. i f

rihe rail at oneotits beveled ends 17 has i its web and. head cut away so as to provide a supporting flange 18. `The opposite end of tlierail is undercut-as shown at 19 so `as to provide a shoulder and this shoulder is adapted to restupon the supporting flangey 1S when the adjacent ends of the rail' sections are in track formation.y By this means a supportlis provided for the ends of the rail sections and as the wheels of a car will engage the end ot one rail section `before leaving'y the other rail section, objectionable pounding-ot the `car wheels in passing over the rail joints is eliminated. It is preferred to arrange the rail sections as illustrated in Figui-e1, that is, with the beveled ends of the joints of the rail sections uponone side of the track extending in the same directionI as those upon the opposite sidein a reverse direction with all bevels extending inwardly in the direction of travel of the car as indicated by the arrow inFig. l. This will prevent any `tendency of the wheel anges abutting the ends of the rails, with the re` sult ot possible accident.

Extending from the bottom of each rail section is a. lug 20, which is adapted toengag'e a tie so as to prevent longitudinal creeping ot the rail sections. The rail sec-` tions may be ysecured to the ties by spikes 2l of the usual or any preferred type and as` these spikes are arrariged upon opposite sides of the overlapping ends of the rails,` the use ot the usual fish plates andboltsfmay l be dispensed with. At the Sametime, sufficient nioveinent is permitted to allow for contraction orvexpansion of the rail sections.

the invention what said Web increasing in Width to the Width p the endr'of the base.

of the rail headl from points spaced from each nend of the rail, oppositely extending transversely beveled ends of the rail, a

shoulder formed at one end of the rail by l5 extending` the baseLand an undercut shoulder provided at the opposite end of the rail by extending the end of the rail head beyond In testimony ,whereof I affix WILLIAM JOHN eooDWiN.

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